scandal

Example Sentences

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In pursuit of their first championship since 1989, the Wolverines lost three title games, weathered a pay-for-play scandal and burned through six head coaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It was as distasteful a segment as you’d expect from “Update,” yet also somehow straddled the line between wallowing in the scandal and mining some genuine laughs out of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Greek police last year made dozens of non-political arrests over the scandal.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She says she refuses to let the scandal define her son's legacy.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Rasheed regarded the Taliban with a forgiving, affectionate kind of bemusement, as one might regard an erratic cousin prone to unpredictable acts of hilarity and scandal.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini